The Windows 10, 8.1 systems, like any other Windows OS, are usually used with a permanent network connection enabled. In this way you can have access to Windows Store from where you can download and install various apps and you can also stay in touch with everything that’s new.

Anyway, since you are using an Internet connection, you might be prompted with the following message or alert: “Your Location has Recently Been Accessed”.

What does this mean? Should you worry about something? Well, first of all you should know that you have no reasons for getting worried. This is a normal message that is often displayed on Windows 8 / Windows 8.1/ Windows 10 platforms and is caused by the apps that are installed on your device.

So, basically after installing a tool like the weather gadget or any other app that is accessing your location trough network connection, you might periodically get the “Your Location has Recently Been Accessed” alert.

Now, even though you shouldn’t worry about the same, the message might become quite annoying at some point. So, you will want to remove the same, or to resolve this issue. In that matter you can anytime check the guidelines from below which will easily take you through the troubleshooting process.

Fix: ‘Your Location has Recently Been Accessed’ on Windows 10, 8, 8.1

1. Turn off location

Click on “Settings” from the window that will be displayed on your device.

Then go towards “Change PC settings”.

From the left panel of your window, click on “Privacy”.

Also pick “Location”.

And now just turn off the location access service and you are done.

2. Clear location information

Go to Settings > Privacy > Location

Scroll down to Location History > click on the Clear button

3. Control which apps can access your location

On Windows 10, you can also control which apps can use your location Here’s how to do that:

Go to Settings > Privacy > Location

If location is enabled, go to ‘Choose apps that can use your precise location’

Simply toggle off the apps that you want to limit from accessing location information

That’s how you can turn off location service on Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 computers.

So, from now on you won’t get the ‘Your Location has Recently Been Accessed’ alert, though there might be some apps that will no longer run properly on your device – the tools that are requiring info related to your location. But if that’s the case, you can follow the steps from below for restoring the location service once more.

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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in May 2014 and has been since completely revamped and updated for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness